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Stanley Pines!

He’s got trauma… but he’s also got SUAVE

The Gen Z Directory for Cryptoart

With NFTs and cryptoart in the news, SAIC students and artists weigh in.

Student Perspective: Kashmir on Lockdown

A personal essay on media blackouts, sovereignty, and human rights in the contested region of Kashmir.

Review: Algorithm Nation or, the Static Quo

Can Second City's newest Mainstage show balance comedy with caricature?

Majoring in Marriage

The MRS-degree is alive and well at U.S. colleges.

The Rights of Spring

Lament for Winter in Three Parts


In the Rocky Mountains, the winter fades and the affair between the skier and the snows begins to disintegrate. The rising temperatures initiate a mourning process — an annual “auf wiedersehen” to the chill and the winter storms. To go on about the seasonal shift would be to beat a beast long dead, but many are starting to speak to the loss of winter on a general, more macro level. This notion of ‘world warming’ (to throw a wrench in an overused phrase) is getting realer. If these balmy winters keep up, we may have to find new uses for our merino wool.